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  HTC EVO 4G that went on sale last Friday shifted a record number of units for Sprint, making it the best phone to be sold on a single day in Sprint’s history. EVO 4G is USA’s first 3G/4G phone and it broke the record of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre. In fact, Sprint sold [...]

  N150 is one netbook for Samsung that’s been doing well in the market due to its Corby-like colors. Now they’ve taken their same netbook and announced N150 Plus Adidas Special Edition that not only gets improved on the aesthetic front but also on performance too. The netbook comes in a glossy white hue with [...]

  It’s no surprise that Apple has been late in bringing its iPhone upgrades in India. They skipped the original iPhone, brought iPhone 3G and released iPhone 3GS almost when the fourth-gen iPhone was months away. And though the world will mostly see the next generation iPhone tomorrow, we checked out iPhone 3G’s snappier successor. [...]

  Asus has gone official with its Eee Pad line but it seems they were trying their hand at another tablet too. This one’s known as EPad and was seen at the Intel booth, indicating it’s powered by an Intel processor. It has a 10-inch screen but unlike the 10-inch Eee Pad, this one runs [...]

  Russia has planned a space program to send astronauts to Mars. And while it’s not feasible to send a manned flight to Mars without understanding the impact on the astronauts, they’ve initiated Mars-500 project where the said astronauts will live in a sealed-environment for the next 520 days with the conditions similar to Mars. [...]

  HTC has finally given the green signal to the Android 2.1 update for the chinned Hero. The OTA update v3.31.751.1 will bump the current Android 1.5 to Android 2.1 making it at par with the current fleet of HTC Android devices. This update is limited to Taiwan for now but releasing it in one [...]

  Looks like Sony Ericsson is preparing a new Android smartphone. The image was unearthed in a Chinese forum and though most details are still a secret, Engadget’s got some info from its trusted source claiming the device is a very early prototype. The phone will supposedly have a tilting 5-inch screen, physical QWERTY and [...]

  Nokia has officially announced its only-Maemo powered device in India. The N900 will start retailing from the latter half of this month for Rs. 30,639. The price may seem on the higher side but N900 brings some interesting specs to the table like an ARM Cortex A8 600MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX GPU with OpenGL [...]

  Nokia has announced E73 Mode phone exclusively for T-Mobile USA subscribers. If you’re wondering, it’s similar to E72 but has some subtle design changes. It’s the thinnest QWERTY phone from T-Mobile and it features 3G support, Mail for Exchange, Wi-Fi, GPS with free Ovi Maps navigation, Ovi Store support, 5MP camera with flash, full [...]

  Nintendo Japan has already announced of the impending price cut of DSi and now the UK outfit of Ninty has confirmed it too, albeit to a site. Official Nintendo Magazine got word from Nintendo UK that the DSi price cut will be in effect from June 18. However, Nintendo didn’t divulge the exact price [...]

  Sony’s promised software update for PS3 to make it 3D compatible is just a week away. Sony has confirmed that they’ll be rolling out the necessary 3D update in Japan first on June 10, followed by rest of the regions. The initial games supporting 3D will be Wipeout HD, Star Strike HD and Mr. [...]

  UPDATE: There appears to be a front facing camera, possibly for video conferencing. It has a 7-inch TFT screen (no AMOLED) and a 3.5mm audio jack. And did you notice the Phone icon on the home screen? Well, guess what? Samsung South Africa’s official twitter account has twitpic’d the image of Galaxy Tab – [...]

  Couple of new pictures of Droid Xtreme/Shadow have surfaced on the web. The pictures were sent by a tipster to Droid-life who also spilled some interesting info related to its features. As we can see, the phone looks ridiculously thin and is said to be “very metal” by which we presume it will come [...]

  UPDATE: Reuters reports the charger kit’s price will hover around 15 euros. In addition to the Cseries phones, Nokia also announced a Bicycle Charging Kit. As you’d expect, the charger kit will charge your Nokia device while you’re cycling for leisure or trying to cut the extra flab. The Kit contains a charger, a [...]

  Nokia today announced four new phones from the Cseries family in Kenya. The phones are C1-00, C1-01,C1-02 and C2. Starting with the C1-00, the phone is the first Nokia to sport a dual-SIM solution. It however, does not support dual standby which means a user can use only one number at any time. C1-00 [...]